[Kalzium] Can I include BSD-licensed code?

Benoit Jacob jacob at math.jussieu.fr
Wed Jun 21 16:46:41 CEST 2006


Many thanks for explaining this,

Benoit

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Jason Harris wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The *modified* BSD license is GPL-compatible; the original BSD
> license is not.  The difference is that the original had an
> "advertising clause", requiring that any advertising mentioning the
> program had to include a specific sentence mentioning the University
> of California.
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
>
> Jason
>
> On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:19 AM, Benoit Jacob wrote:
>
> > Hmmm, after all I probably won't include that code as is, but I'm
> > still
> > interested in the answer to that question, can one include BSD-
> > licensed
> > code in a GPL project?
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Benoit Jacob wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have found BSD-licensed code that does exactly what I need for the
> >> high-performance, high-quality sphere rendering. Can I include it in
> >> Kalzium?
> >>
> >> I know nothing about licensing !
> >>
> >> Benoit
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